Visible in the next hour: Space X Lunar Impact. See image for viewing guide. #Astronomy #MoonHour
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Gene J. Mikulka
Профиль VivelyFounded the Talking Space Podcast in 2009. Immersed in spaceflight since the Apollo days, Space Advocate and lovebird Dad. All Opinions are mine alone and don't reflect the position of the podcast. https://www.talkingspaceonline.com
On August 5, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is predicted to crash onto the Moon. What has crashed on the Moon before? The very first human object to touch the Moon - Luna 2 in 1959. A probe, 3 bombs, and a rocket body! 🧪 🔭
How fast is the universe expanding? The Nancy Grace Roman Telescope can help find an answer. 🧪 🔭
Missing the total solar eclipse on 12 August? We've got you covered. Join our live broadcast on YouTube 📺 🎤 interviews 📹 explainers 🔭 telescope feeds 🚁 drone shots 🔴 live feeds from different locations We've put together an exciting programme for you. 1/2 🔭 🧪 #EuropeanSolarEclipse
Just seven days until the Solar Eclipse. Timeanddate will be streaming it live. Usually well done by them. 🔭 🧪 www.timeanddate.com/live/eclipse...
❗️🇷🇺Moscow Region. One of the buildings of Roscosmos’ main scientific institute in Korolyov is on fire.
#Astronomy News You May Have Missed ⤵️ Astronomers Catch Black Holes “Burping” in Radio with the NSF VLA Years after tearing apart a star, many supermassive black holes “burp” out streams of material that slam into surrounding gas and glow in radio waves. https://public.nrao.edu/news/aas248_vla1/
We'll listen to the call and read the deck so you don't have to: www.cnbc.com/2026/08/04/s... some info investors are asking for ahead of the call and key facts you may want to go over to make sense of things already up at @cnbc.com
spacex tried to hush investors' worries about their ballooning capital expenditures on AI data centers, models and more. wall street wasn't buying it tonight. we'll see how it's trading tomorrow... www.cnbc.com/2026/08/04/s...
Reminder: if you are inside the green or dark green area of this map, watch the ~10 o'clock position of the moon tonight at 2:35am EDT/11:35pm PDT. More info here: https://spaceweather.com/archive.php?day=28&month=07&year=2026&view=view You probably won't […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
The Odyssey takes us back to a world of kings, wars, and dangerous journeys. But the climate was changing too. Could drought have made an already difficult time worse? New research offers clues about the real Bronze Age world behind the epic. 🧪 #SciComm climateages.com/how-did-clim...
Tomorrow at 06:35 UTC, a discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 stage will hit the Moon. If you don't own a large scope, or the moon isn't up where you are, you can watch the impact here: www.youtube.com/live/ZfgrV4n... For local viewing times see Showcase Lunar Surface Events at skycalpro.com #Astronomy
In 2022 a Chinese rocket impacted the Moon. 'The Moon is struck by meteors all the time. In many ways, the Falcon 9 impact will be just another one. What makes it interesting is how it acts as a litmus test for changing public opinions about our responsibilities to the space environment'. 🧪
Hughes’ Chapter 11 filing underscores a broader structural shift: #Starlink is not merely expanding satellite broadband. It is making large parts of the traditional GEO internet market obsolete through faster, lower-latency connectivity at competitive prices. #SatCom
Another excellent piece from @cassandrasteer.bsky.social: "This means you’d need to pay between $10 million and $20 million USD for one hour of very weak 20% of sunlight illumination. The most optimistic estimations suggest it would be a bit like twilight." spacecitizens.substack.com/p/selling-su...
Our mission is underway. 🚀 🇺🇸 🗳️ Together, we’re inspiring the next generation to make their voices heard! Learn more about our Vote for Freedom Campaign at AstronautsForAmerica.org.
NASA GNSS receiver for Intuitive Machines Altus-1 Nav/Relay Sat www.nasa.gov/technology/s...
That SpaceX Falcon 9 debris that will impact Einstein crater on 5th August: 4 metric tonnes mass 8,000 kph velocity 17 meter impact radius 100km altitude ejecta Equivalent to 3 tonnes of TNT
nasawatch.com/2026/08/03/n... Vassberg To Head Office of Safety and Mission Assurance.